jigger

1. 1.

   a small glass adequate to hold a single swallow of whiskey

   Synonymsshot glasspony

   Broaderglass
2. 2.

   any small mast on a sailing vessel; especially the mizzenmast of a yawl

   Synonymsjiggermast

   Broadermast
3. 3.

   larval mite that sucks the blood of vertebrates including human beings causing intense irritation

   Synonymsharvest mitechiggerredbug

   Broadertrombiculid

   Part ofTrombicula

Other forms of jigger

plural

jiggers·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about jigger

What does jigger mean?

jigger means "a small glass adequate to hold a single swallow of whiskey". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in jigger?

jigger has 2 syllables: jig-ger. The stress falls on "jig".

What is another word for jigger?

Close synonyms include shot glass, pony, jiggermast, harvest mite, chigger. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is jigger a common word?

jigger is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.